The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-17
TWO BROTHERS FALL OUT.
One of Them Wipes the Ground With
the Other, and Both in Jail.

the Other, and Both In jail
! A dark-brown darkey and a saddle-col-
| ored mulatto were taken TO the barracks
| last night because they had been breaking
the peace i'm their endeavors to break each
others heads. They were followed by two
or three negroes who would have made the
shades of Erebus look pale enough to blush
! The dark one was wiping away the blood
| that tricllled down from the side of his nose
| The liglH one held handkerchief over a
| bump on his forehead in the center of which
was long cash. Both hung their arms
over the railing in front OF Sergt Kill
| lourhys desk.
stGet off that raling,n commanded the
| Sergeant. Nobody had stuck them with
pins, but one would have thought so from
the way they jumped.
whats your namef' asked the Sergeant
of the dark one
"My names Tom Porter, sab. That yal-
Ter Teller, he's my brother"
what, he is your brotherW
ayes, Sergeant. Use sorry to say it, but
he is my brother, but l don't want to have
nothing to do with 'im."
whats your namem
"Wilyum Porter"
Henry Harris was witness and he told
how he had answered Toms knock when he
came to the door of the house in South
Broad street lane, near East Broad, where
the row occurred, and how he had called
William when Tom said he wanted to see
him.
"Well, Tom, what have you got to say for
yourselfl Get off that railingm After max
ing another jump as if the Sergeant had
hit him be said:
"Well, Sarjint, went up to my brothers
house an lef' cabbage an So. | seen his
wife an made it all right wild her; They
warn't no hard feelin' ma nothin', but my
brother warnt home. | went down de
street sn' come back an knock at de do
Jes' SO knocking on the railingl, an de gen
tlemin what made de testimony jes' now
"What gentlemanp
"Wha', don't you know de gentleman
what stated bout comm to de do jes now!"
''No, DON'T
''Dis one here, Mr.. Harris"
"Oh, he is not gentleman"
"Oh, well dis niger. He come and say
what want l told him come to see my
brother Wilyum, an he call up stairs an
tell Wilyum to come down. l wait at de
do, and when Wilyum come he open de do
and hit me-bang in the eye wild a chair.
You see how de lef' eyes swellin'" placing
his finger on his right eye.
'Dld he hit you before you said anything
to HING asked the Sergeant.
''Oh, Lordy, yes. He hit me befo' l
| COulQ say DIOb1oI VI olSJcI, VI n vi ", VI l.
or l, or anything
''Is that all you have to sayF
Eyes. | amt got nothin' to add to what
zemplified in dis case"
"Get off that railingI" and Tom made
another frightened jump.
well, William, do you want to say any
| thingf
"Well, Sarjint, as l marked befo, Use
| sorry to say he's my brother, but he's a
rowdy sort o Niger, an don't have nothin
to do wild i'm. He come to my house an
leave cabbage an 81 with my wife l tole
my wife befo not to keep nothin' for him
an when Mr.. Harris call me an tell me he
| was at de do, [ went down an tole him tC
| go way. He say he comm in, an he push
hisself right into de house. He was goin
| by me, an | cotch him an hole on to him
l had to hole on to him, cause he'd gone
| in if hadn't, an he up an hits me in dc
head dunno what he hit me with, but ht
made dis bump. He's a rowdy niger, an
it won't do for him to come 'roun' my
house"
'Take them both down." said the Ser
geant.
The officer started down with William
and another began to search Tom.
81 amt got no 'cealed weapin, cause
| don't carry 'em. got some money in my
shoe, but / wants it cause | might want t,
buy somethin'"
leave that here or some one might stea
it from you in the CELL said the officer.
"Aint you goin' to give me a cell to my
selfa Well, ennyhow, the won't nobody
steal dis money from me- No, | reckon
won't leave it here, cause l might go on
to de chain gang, an if l does, | wants it
Well, Ise much obleeged, Sarjint,n ant
with that he went on down to his cell.